Market and Society: The Great Transformation Today

Market and Society: The Great Transformation Today
ISBN-10
0521295084
ISBN-13
9780521295086
Category
Social Science
Pages
334
Language
English
Published
2011-06-30
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Chris Hann, Keith Hart

Description

Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, The Great Transformation, offered a radical critique of how the market system has affected society and humanity since the industrial revolution. This 2009 volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in economic anthropology, sociology and political economy to consider Polanyi's theories in the light of circumstances today, when the relationship between market and society has again become a focus of intense political and scientific debate. It demonstrates the relevance of Polanyi's ideas to various theoretical traditions in the social sciences and provides perspectives on topics such as money, risk, work and the family. The case studies present materials from around the world, including Britain, China, India, Jamaica and Nigeria. Like Polanyi's original work, the critical engagement of these essays will be of interest to a wide readership.

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